In Texas, everything is bigger—and that’s not just at the University of Texas.

The Texas A&M Aggies joined forces with the big boys of the SEC and they aren’t looking back. This week, artist renderings turned into a real live plan. Kyle Field will expand to 102,500 seating capacity, making it the largest in the SEC.

Kyle Field at Texas A&M is expanding to 102,500, making it the largest in the SEC. But game attendance across the country is declining. (AP Photo)

The entire project comes with a price tag of more than $450 million. Renovations begin in November and are expected to be completed by August 2015.

Neyland Stadium, home of the Tennessee Volunteers, currently the largest in the SEC with a seating capacity of 102,455.

“It’s the largest? I didn’t know that,” said a smiling Texas A&M chancellor John Sharp at a press conference Wednesday. “That was the recommendation from the architect: 102,500…I didn’t argue with that recommendation.”

Across the nation, regular-season attendance on the major college football level averaged a mere 45,274 fans, the lowest since 2003. According to the Birmingham News, Florida was down 2 percent in attendance; Auburn declined 4 percent; Tennessee saw a 5 percent drop.

The SEC averaged 75,444 fans, but even that was the lowest since 2007. Meanwhile, a face value ticket at an SEC game was up to $100 for the first time.

“As we have seen with Texas A&M’s transition into the Southeastern Conference, athletics can play a key role in increasing the visibility of the entire university,” said Texas A&M President R. Bowen Loftin in a school press release. “The Kyle Field project is yet another element of enhancing Texas A&M’s profile.”

Kyle Field's current capacity is 90,000 and it is on Saturdays a loud and rocking place. The new field will be lowered to increase fan noise, if that's possible in College Station.